hello,
i am attempting to do some databinding of an XmlNodeList to a
DropDownList. id like to avoid looping thru my nodelist and hoped to do
a simple .DataSource/.DataBind technique.
for simplicity, lets say this is my xml:
<people>
<person name="Joe">[other child nodes w/ innertext]</person>
<person name="Bob">[other child nodes w/ innertext]</person>
<person name="Tim">[other child nodes w/ innertext]</person>
</people>
....and this is my code-behind:
'get person nodes
Dim personNodes As XmlNodeList = xml.SelectNodes("//person")
'bind to list
ddlYear.DataSource = personNodes
'ddlYear.DataTextField = ??
ddlYear.DataBind()
my desired result is a dropdownlist of items w/ text of:
Joe
Bob
Tim
....how does one do this?
thanks!
matt
